Santa Clara County, also referred to as "Silicon Valley", is the largest county in the San Francisco Bay area and the fourth largest in the state of California. It comprises 1,312 square miles populated by more than 1.7 million residents in fifteen cities, including San Jose and unincorporated areas. While a significant portion of the County's land area is unincorporated forestland, 92% of the populations lives in cities. The County employs a work force of 16,000. Best known for semiconductor, Internet, and information technology and home of the world famous Gilroy Garlic Festival, held every July.
Community Planning
LIG Co-Chair: Kevin Hurchcroft (408) 494-7878
LIG Co-Chair: Marty Grimes (408) 265-2607 X 2881.
Mailing Address: use county health department address below
Title II - HIV CARE Consortia
Santa Clara County HIV Health Services Planning Council (408) 961-9880.
Community Planning
Education & Prevention
People of Color (POC)
Women
Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
HIV Youth Drop In Centers
Early Intervention Program
HIV Transmission Prevention Project (HTPP)
AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Services
Tuberculosis Control Programs
Santa Clara County Department of Public Health
HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control
770 S. Bascom, San Jose, CA 95128 Kevin Hutchcroft (408) 494-7878
kevin.hutchcroft@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us
FAX: (408) 494-7871 Program Description:
State MGA grantee that coordinates county-wide outreach, education, prevention case management, and HIV testing and counseling in collaboration with community agencies.
Santa Clara County Department of Public Health
THE CRANE CENTER - Alternate Test Site
976 Lenzen Ave., Ste. 1800, San Jose, CA 95128 Sil Reyes (408) 792-3729Silberion.reyes@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us
FAX: (408) 792-3731
HIV Counseling & Testing Sites
NIGHT Street Outreach and Mobile Testing - Call for times and locations Michael Bradford (408) 494-7870
AIDS Case Management & Medi-Cal Waiver Program
Health Connections AIDS Svcs. (Health Trust)
1701-A S. Bascom Ave., Campbell, CA 95008 Ginny Hoffman (408) 961-9850ginnyh@healthtrust.org
FAX: (408) 961-9856
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 am - 5 pm Fee: None, Medi-Cal waiver
Other languages: Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog Program Description:
Nurses and social workers provide assessment of clients with disabling HIV/AIDS. Nurses, social workers, case managers and benefits counselors coordinate in-home support and connect individuals and families with community services and resources, disability insurance, benefits counseling, medical care, mental health counseling, nutritional counseling, health and hospice care, mental health counseling, nutritional counseling, health and hospice care plus enrollment in the AIDS research protocol. Assistance with finding subsidized housing. Practical support includes houseing and rental assistance, food vouchers and Meals on Wheels, emergency funds for utilities, management of attendant care, homemaker services, referrals for respite care, and assistance in acquiring social services. Update, accurate HIV disease information. Limited burial funds available. Community education on special needs and issues involving persons living with HIV/AIDS.
HIV Youth Drop In Centers
Bill Wilson Drop In Center
3490 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408) 243-02522 dash1262@aol.com
FAX: (408) 246-5752
Target group/expertise: coming out; support
Our House - Emergency Housing Consortium
2011 Little Orchard St., San Jose, CA 95125 Michelle Covert (408) 298-2721 Ext. 316mcovert@homelessness.org
Target group/expertise: homeless youth
Data Source
Information provided by Kathy Falls for the California AIDS Clearinghouse. Ffor changes, updates, additions, or deletions, please contact Kathy Falls at 408-792-3732
